p 2 'My life is spent with grief,' I cry'd, 'My years consum'd in groans;

'My strength decays, mine eyes are dry'd,
'And sorrow wastes my bones.'

e 3 Among mine enemies, my name
Was a mere proverb grown;
While to my neighbours, I became
Forgotten and unknown.

4 Slander and fear on ev'ry side
Seiz'd and beset me round;
-I to the throne of grace apply'd,
And speedy rescue found.

PAUSE.

[5 How great deliv'rance thou hast wro't,
Before the sons of men!

The lying lips to silence brought,
And made their boasting vain!

6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues,
Shall thy pavilion hide :

Guard them from infamy and wrongs,
And crush the sons of pride.]

7 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;

• No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd,
Secures a saint so well.

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PSALM 32. S. M. Dover. [*] Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession. BLESSED souls are they, Whose sins are cover'd o'er; Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more.

2 They mourn their follies past,

And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.

3 While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the fest'ring wound;

- Till I confess'd my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

4 Let sinners learn to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne;

Our help in times of deep distress,
Is found in God alone.

C. M. Colchester. [*]

Free Pardon and sincere Obedience.

• 1 [HAPPY the man to whom his God

No more imputes his sin;
But wash'd in his Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean!
2 Happy, beyond expression, he
Whose debts are thus discharg'd;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his soul enlarg'd.

-3 His spirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all sincere ;

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his conscience clear.

e 4 While I my inward guilt supprest,
No quiet could I find;

Thy wrath lay burning in my breast,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

-5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts,
My secret sins reveal'd;

• Thy pard'ning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon seal'd.

-6 This shall invite thy saints to pray; When, like a raging flood,

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Temptations rise, our strength and stay
Is a forgiving God.]

L. M. FIRST PART. Green's. Quercy. [*]
Repentance, Justification, and Sanctification.
LEST is the man, forever blest,

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Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God;
Whose sins, with sorrow, are confess'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.

2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities;

He pleads no merit of reward,

And not on works, but grace relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free;

His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sincere.

o 4 How glorious is that righteousness,
That hides and cancels all his sins!
While a bright evidence of grace,
Thro' his whole life appears and shines.

L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. Bath. [*]
Conscience relieved by Confession and Pardon.
THILE I keep silence and conceal

e 1 W My heavy guilt within my heart,

What torments does my conscience feel,
What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; -Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, o Thy holy Spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat; e When floods of huge temptations roll, —There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, e When days grow dark and storms appear; -And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare.

PSALM 33. C. M. 1ST PART. St. Martin's. [*] Works of Creation and Providence.

• 1 R This work belongs to you;

EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just and true!

o 2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heav'n and earth proclaim;
-His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heav'nly arches spread;
And by the Spirit of the Lord,
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own stations keep.

e 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand:

g He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,
And breaks their vain designs;
His counsel stands through every age,
And in full glory shines.

C. M.

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Arundel.

SECOND PART. Colchester. Mear. [*] Creatures vain: and GOD all-sufficient. LEST is the nation, where the Lord Has fixed his gracious throne; Where he reveals his heav'nly word And calls their tribes his own. 2 His eye, with infinite survey, Does the whole world behold; He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould,

d 3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave;

Nor speed, nor courage of an horse,
Can the bold rider save.

e 4 Vain is the strength of beasts, or men,
To hope for safety thence;

• But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.

e 5 God is their fear, and God their trust,
When plagues or famine spread;
His watchful eye secures the just,
Among ten thousand dead.

o 6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne;

For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.

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P. M. FIRST PART. St. Helen's. [*]
Works of Creation and Providence.

Your Maker's praise becomes your voice,

E holy souls, in God rejoice,

Great is your theme, your songs be new;

Sing of his name, his word, his ways,

His works of nature, and of grace,

How wise and holy, just and true!

-2 Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness proves ;
His word the heav'nly arches spread:

e How wide they shine from north to south!
-And by the spirit of his mouth

Were all the starry armies made. 3 He gathers the wide flowing seas, Those watery treasures know their place, In the vast store-house of the deep: g He spake—and gave all nature birth! And fires, and seas, and heav'n and earth, His everlasting orders keep.

a 4 Let mortals tremble, and adore A God of such resistless pow'r,

Nor dare indulge their, feeble rage: -Vain are their thoughts, and weak their hands; g But his eternal counsel stands,

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And rules the world from age to age.

P. M. SECOND PART. Cumberland. [*]
Creatures vain: and God all-sufficient.
HAPPY nation, where the Lord

Reveals the treasures of his word,
And builds his church, his earthly throne:
-His eye the heathen world surveys,

He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways;
But God, their Maker, is unknown.

d 2 Let kings rely upon their host,
And of his strength the champion boast;
In vain they boast, in vain rely:
-In vain we trust the brutal force,
Or speed or courage of an horse,
To guard his rider, or to fly.
e 3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord,
Does more secure defence afford,

When death, or dangers threat'ning stand;

• Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust, When wars or famine waste the land.

-4 In sickness, or the bloody field, Thou our Physician, thou our shield,

Send us salvation from thy throne: e We wait to see thy goodness shine; o Let us rejoice in help divine,

For all our hope is God alone.